Thursday, May 10, 2007

Themes of the new documentary film, "How To Make The World A Better Place," being filmed this month:
  • What people need now is more love and caring
    • If we loved each other more we would not tolerate our loved-ones being hungry or homeless, fighting wars, etc.
  • What the earth needs now is to be appreciated and cared for
    • We are stewards of the planet (and particularly our place in it and on it) and many take this lightly
  • Everyone can do something.
    • Helen Keller once wrote that "Until the great mass of the people shall be filled with the sense of responsibility for each other's welfare, social justice can never be attained. ."
    • If just MORE people did a few positive things (help struggling people, stand up for the needs of the poor, work for justice, etc.) the world would be better off.
  • Do it soon!
    • We can sit around discussing what to do; write about what could be done - or get out and do some positive things - even small things, SOON!

Thursday, May 03, 2007

Welcome to this blog. I'm new at this and don't have a lot of time to work on it, yet it seems important these days to be a blogger and trade ideas in this way, so well, here I go...

I am running an event in Sunnyvale, CA next October 27 called "How To Make The World A Better Place." It will showcase people who are in the process of making positive change and will inspire, excite and will hopefully propel others into change-making. In conjunction with that event we are making a documentary film (made by White Noise Productions of Seattle, WA), and making a book on the same subject. All of this is described on my website at: http://www.sanjosepby.org/HowToMakeTheWorldABetterPlace.htm.

I plan to use this space to explain what all of this includes and exchange ideas with people about how the world can really get better so that all people can live in peace.